concentration of the thoughts , profound or abstract meditation , intense contemplation of any particular object (so as to identify the contemplator with the object meditated upon ; this is the eighth and last stage of Yoga ( Lit. IW. 93 ) ; with Buddhists Samādhi is the fourth and last stage of Dhyāna or intense abstract meditation ( Lit. MWB. 209 ) ; in the Kāraṇḍa-vyūha several Samādhi are enumerated) Lit. Up. Lit. Buddh. Lit. MBh.